From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun  1 02:18:54 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 02:18:54 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Speakers Corner and Unomena
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh63mauG+qG34wbVywpP4yVPX_n4DaLkE=Vt6mbsGd6hCg@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

I spoke with Sam from Speakers Corner this evening. Speakers Corner is
a PR, events and logistics company that usually deals with much bigger
events but works with Praekelt from time to time. I'm hoping that
they'll do event management for PyCon ZA.

I updated the planning Google Doc [1] and sent Sam a link to it. I'm
guessing she or someone else from Speakers Corner will respond with
comments and questions.

I also ran into Ruan from Unomena who volunteered to help out with the
PyCon ZA website. He said he'll stop by the CTPUG meeting on Saturday
for a quick tour of what we have currently. Unomena do Django work so
they should be fairly comfortable with what we have so far.

[1] https://docs.google.com/a/praekeltfoundation.org/document/d/1DXRH9F_9PGNia1Ysj8Y_1b89gVJ2ykLS4DNDq0tvGrw/edit

Schiavo
Simon

From fijall at gmail.com  Fri Jun  1 12:04:09 2012
From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 12:04:09 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Good morning everyone
Message-ID: <CAK5idxTo2YCAm1YunuR2wo1HzE4TUWTQKKS-W2NnvtuLiGHJyw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone

Inroducing myself - I'm Maciej Fijalkowski and I work on the PyPy project.
I can help organizing pycon za with caring for international speakers. I
also know quite a few people who we can invite as international speakers,
although it would be cool to find out who is interesting and what sort of
money we have for flying people in.

Cheers,
fijal
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From jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com  Fri Jun  1 15:19:30 2012
From: jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com (Jonathan Endersby)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:19:30 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Sponsor, Speakers and some general ideas
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Hi

Can I suggest we base the sponsor levels on what ScaleConf used.
http://scaleconf.org/sponsor-details  -  Simon, do you have a budget yet?

Graeme, I get that Go2Africa is wanting to help with travel arrangements,
but isn't that what they do? Are they offering discounts?

I think an all expenses paid safari would be a great incentive to get
international speakers to speak. I feel that could be offered in exchange
for cash, assuming the value fell within one of the sponsor levels (as per
ScaleConf etc)

j.


On 31 May 2012 10:27, Simon Cross <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org>wrote:

> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Graeme Glass <graemeglass at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The company I work for, Go2Africa [1], is keen to sponsor pycon-za.
> >
> > This sponsorship would be in the form of our expertise in helping
> > international and domestic delegates to find appropriate accommodation.
> > Go2Africa would find the best and most cost-effective accommodation,
> prepare
> > travel plans, and offer travel advice where required.
> >
> > We would also like to offer a fully paid (or seriously discounted) Safari
> > for the keynote speaker. If not fully sponsored, then perhaps pycon-za
> could
> > pay for the discounted rate as a gift?
> >
>
> > In terms of Keynote, I saw that Paul Graham's name was suggested. PG is a
> > fantastic speaker [2], but perhaps consider a speaker who is more
> involved
> > in core Python development?
>
> I think I would also lean in the direction of someone more directly
> involved with Python, but lets see who responds. A big name would have
> the advantage of pulling in non-Python people though (and thus
> introducing them to Python). Largely this is going to come down to
> budget and who wants to talk.
>
> > I also noticed that you are considering multiple tracks. May I suggest
> you
> > consider a one-track event, especially for the first Conference?
> > Single-track conferences tend to be easier to organise, and delegates
> don't
> > have to make difficult choices between the great talks on offer.
>
> The feeling so far has been that the local Python community's
> interests are quite diverse and that we'll be better able to cater to
> the wide interests by providing more talk slots.
>
> > Have you finalised the venue?
>
> Not yet.
>
> > See you at CTPUG on Saturday. Have a great day.
>
> See you there.
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
>



-- 
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From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun  1 15:33:04 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:33:04 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Sponsor, Speakers and some general ideas
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Jonathan Endersby
<jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com> wrote:
> Can I suggest we base the sponsor levels on what ScaleConf
> used.?http://scaleconf.org/sponsor-details

I have no objection to using them -- I'd like to have some idea of
costs though before setting any levels.

> ?Simon, do you have a budget yet?

Not yet, but I'm hoping Speakers Corner can draw one up.

Schiavo
Simon

From fijall at gmail.com  Fri Jun  1 15:44:29 2012
From: fijall at gmail.com (Maciej Fijalkowski)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:44:29 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Sponsor, Speakers and some general ideas
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Jonathan Endersby <
jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Can I suggest we base the sponsor levels on what ScaleConf used.
> http://scaleconf.org/sponsor-details  -  Simon, do you have a budget yet?
>
> Graeme, I get that Go2Africa is wanting to help with travel arrangements,
> but isn't that what they do? Are they offering discounts?
>
> I think an all expenses paid safari would be a great incentive to get
> international speakers to speak. I feel that could be offered in exchange
> for cash, assuming the value fell within one of the sponsor levels (as per
> ScaleConf etc)
>
> j.
>
>
Hi

I don't think there should be much of a problem finding international
speakers willing to come just for the air ticket, although safari is of
course cool (but I would trade safari for more slots).

The main problem is that it's relatively late now (as in a lot of people
already have plans for Oct).

Cheers,
fijal
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From graemeglass at gmail.com  Fri Jun  1 16:29:13 2012
From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:29:13 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Sponsor, Speakers and some general ideas
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Jonathan Endersby
> <jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Can I suggest we base the sponsor levels on what ScaleConf
>> used.?http://scaleconf.org/sponsor-details ?- ?Simon, do you have a budget
>> yet?
>>
>> Graeme, I get that Go2Africa is wanting to help with travel arrangements,
>> but isn't that what they do? Are they offering discounts?

Indeed that is what they do. The idea was to help find the delegates
preferred rates and help them with their travel plans, and give it to
them at "cost price". The sponsorship/discount part would be that
delegates would save on agent fees and mark up. (Any discounts g2a are
able to get from suppliers because of their volumes and relationships
with those suppliers, will be passed on to delegates).

Delegates would obviously be in no way compelled to use g2a, so if
delegates can make their own travel plans and accommodation bookings
(cheaper, easier) on their own; no problems.

If the discount falls below the sponsorship level or is out of the
sponsorship scope, then once again; no problems. I was just throwing
it out there to see if it would help.

>>
>> I think an all expenses paid safari would be a great incentive to get
>> international speakers to speak. I feel that could be offered in exchange
>> for cash, assuming the value fell within one of the sponsor levels (as per
>> ScaleConf etc)
>>
>> j.
>>
>
> Hi
>
> I don't think there should be much of a problem finding international
> speakers willing to come just for the air ticket, although safari is of
> course cool (but I would trade safari for more slots).

Agreed, the Safari seemed like a nice idea for an international
speaker as a gift (at least in my mind),
but if more speakers could be secured with that money, then I would
much rather have more speakers.


>
> The main problem is that it's relatively late now (as in a lot of people
> already have plans for Oct).
>
> Cheers,
> fijal

From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Wed Jun  6 18:13:04 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 18:13:04 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Welcome to Euan and Ruan from Unomena
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh7_eCnOcKcWLv_KY8z6DpGmjDL88_=RQ=2UXxRTtXb57w@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

I just wanted to welcome Euan Jonker and Ruan Zeelie from Unomena to
the planning mailing list and to introduce them to everyone else.
Unomena have very kindly offered to help make za.pycon.org into an
awesome conference site.

The three of us met at the Unomena offices this afternoon and I just
wanted to minute the important outcomes here in case anyone else would
like to comment:

* Unomena are sponsoring the creation of the conference website.

* Euan and Ruan felt more comfortable dropping Symposion and start a
fresh Django site. Since Symposion is a bit incomplete and I trust
Euan and Ruan's judgement on this, I told them I'm happy with that.

* Website deployment will be via a repository that CTPUG will check
out to za.pycon.org (so Unomena don't need to worry about or have
access to the server).

* We can't launch until we have confirmed the venue and the date (and
changing the date from the 4 & 5 Oct might mean changing some design
elements).

* The elements of the site we need at launch are a great front page, a
way to register for the conference (or at least pre-register) and a
way to submit talk proposals.

Schiavo
Simon

From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Wed Jun  6 18:16:36 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 18:16:36 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Welcome to Jonathan Hitchcock
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh6mFPDoRkZq0HmoOODnEfnsfy5b+Fz2pbR92412_aEROA@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

I just wanted to welcome Jonathan Hitchcock to the mailing list. He
ran ScaleConf recently. It was a similar size to what we're aiming for
for PyCon ZA and also in Cape Town so I think he'll be able to offer a
lot of practical insight.

Schiavo
Simon

From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Wed Jun  6 18:31:01 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 18:31:01 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Bank account
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh6eR7NvcRSaqSQqV1QSFOLzmD=neYQhDJrp46vs1-BfJQ@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

Ruan pointed out to me that we're going to need a bank account to
sponsorship and registration fees to go into. CTPUG doesn't have one
currently. If CTPUG is going to get one, we need to get moving on it
fairly fast.

Anyone know what is required for an organization like CTPUG to get a
bank account?

We could probably route sponsorship funds via the Python Software
Foundation if needed, but that's likely not an option for registration
fees.

Would really like advice from someone who has done this kind of thing
before or knows something about organizational finance.

Schiavo
Simon

From euan at unomena.com  Wed Jun  6 21:20:54 2012
From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:20:54 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Welcome to Euan and Ruan from Unomena
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh7_eCnOcKcWLv_KY8z6DpGmjDL88_=RQ=2UXxRTtXb57w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh7_eCnOcKcWLv_KY8z6DpGmjDL88_=RQ=2UXxRTtXb57w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAANoumc0z+t_y5gm-LMuYBsKJv0N3kyVxkKvViw3DQ=tE6Sa2w@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the intro Simon.

We'll launch with a very basic contact-capturing facility for both speakers
and attendees.
Once we have more to offer in terms of dates, venues etc. we'll add more
info and functionality to the site.

Please send us all your ideas and suggestions.

Cheers,
Euan.



On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Simon Cross <
simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:

> Greetings
>
> I just wanted to welcome Euan Jonker and Ruan Zeelie from Unomena to
> the planning mailing list and to introduce them to everyone else.
> Unomena have very kindly offered to help make za.pycon.org into an
> awesome conference site.
>
> The three of us met at the Unomena offices this afternoon and I just
> wanted to minute the important outcomes here in case anyone else would
> like to comment:
>
> * Unomena are sponsoring the creation of the conference website.
>
> * Euan and Ruan felt more comfortable dropping Symposion and start a
> fresh Django site. Since Symposion is a bit incomplete and I trust
> Euan and Ruan's judgement on this, I told them I'm happy with that.
>
> * Website deployment will be via a repository that CTPUG will check
> out to za.pycon.org (so Unomena don't need to worry about or have
> access to the server).
>
> * We can't launch until we have confirmed the venue and the date (and
> changing the date from the 4 & 5 Oct might mean changing some design
> elements).
>
> * The elements of the site we need at launch are a great front page, a
> way to register for the conference (or at least pre-register) and a
> way to submit talk proposals.
>
> Schiavo
> Simon
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
>



-- 
*Euan Jonker*

*UNOMENA**
*http://unomena.com
+27 83 400 2042
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From jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com  Thu Jun  7 17:31:27 2012
From: jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com (Jonathan Hitchcock)
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:31:27 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Bank account
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh6eR7NvcRSaqSQqV1QSFOLzmD=neYQhDJrp46vs1-BfJQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh6eR7NvcRSaqSQqV1QSFOLzmD=neYQhDJrp46vs1-BfJQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAP2ObZxWokG4hAvx-vDqovozOSgqsixHE94NKWkV0_J+ExoLCA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Simon Cross
<simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> Ruan pointed out to me that we're going to need a bank account to
> sponsorship and registration fees to go into. CTPUG doesn't have one
> currently. If CTPUG is going to get one, we need to get moving on it
> fairly fast.

For ScaleConf, we used LessFuss as a sort of umbrella company - all
money went through their bank account.  They were already set up for
Paypal via FNB for their own payment system, so it worked pretty well.
 Maybe Praekelt could fill this role?

> Anyone know what is required for an organization like CTPUG to get a
> bank account?

I'll find this out for you now as well.

From gustav at praekelt.com  Thu Jun  7 17:43:48 2012
From: gustav at praekelt.com (Gustav)
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:43:48 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Bank account
In-Reply-To: <CAP2ObZxWokG4hAvx-vDqovozOSgqsixHE94NKWkV0_J+ExoLCA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh6eR7NvcRSaqSQqV1QSFOLzmD=neYQhDJrp46vs1-BfJQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAGZHFjU=tXuR=hqsdxfa8NW7Y42R0YBm85yVxRX=NOiNrRXUuw@mail.gmail.com>

Happy to route it via our Foundation, necessary accounts, etc. are set up.

Just a note, we don't have payment integration (we don't usually take small
donations :-) but I'm sure that can be sorted out fairly easily.

G

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Jonathan Hitchcock <
jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Simon Cross
> <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Ruan pointed out to me that we're going to need a bank account to
> > sponsorship and registration fees to go into. CTPUG doesn't have one
> > currently. If CTPUG is going to get one, we need to get moving on it
> > fairly fast.
>
> For ScaleConf, we used LessFuss as a sort of umbrella company - all
> money went through their bank account.  They were already set up for
> Paypal via FNB for their own payment system, so it worked pretty well.
>  Maybe Praekelt could fill this role?
>
> > Anyone know what is required for an organization like CTPUG to get a
> > bank account?
>
> I'll find this out for you now as well.
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
>
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From jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com  Fri Jun  8 14:19:55 2012
From: jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com (Jonathan Hitchcock)
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 14:19:55 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Bank account
In-Reply-To: <CAP2ObZxWokG4hAvx-vDqovozOSgqsixHE94NKWkV0_J+ExoLCA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh6eR7NvcRSaqSQqV1QSFOLzmD=neYQhDJrp46vs1-BfJQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAP2ObZxWokG4hAvx-vDqovozOSgqsixHE94NKWkV0_J+ExoLCA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAP2ObZykqrxSCDEyCMZP3tMzt7tVWAKyXT-V7LPNA1ijx__OHw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Jonathan Hitchcock
<jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anyone know what is required for an organization like CTPUG to get a
>> bank account?

LessFuss have replied.

I'm assuming we're talking about non-profit organizations, since
otherwise CTPUG would have to go through the motions of registering as
a company like any other company.

If CTPUG isn't already a registered NPO, it can register like so:
http://www.westerncape.gov.za/eng/pubs/public_info/A/47596/1

Once that's done, this is what FNB said about opening a bank account:

"They will open a transactional account for you, and will need the following:
- IDs must be presented of each NPO contributor/founder.
- Proof of residence from each person.
- The constitution, ie why you are creating the NPO or why did you create it.
- If you have an NPO certificate.
- The bank is willing to meet you at your place of work as well, just
call and arrange with bank manager."

So, it's looking to me like the Foundation is the best bet.

Cheers,
-Jonathan

From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Thu Jun 14 12:18:10 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:18:10 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA splash page design
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

Andrew Caldwell from Unomena has produced two variations on a design
for the PyCON ZA website front page. I quite like the designs but I'd
like to get feedback from anyone else with opinions (preferably
today).

Images of the design attached (assuming the mailing list didn't eat them).

Schiavo
Simon
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From lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org  Thu Jun 14 12:34:33 2012
From: lauren.kotze at praekeltfoundation.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lauren_Kotz=E9?=)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:34:33 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA splash page design
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAECFDnPGV5ejF29GgG24yr8Lh2WkVikS4uKBZgTP+S8v0xsZkQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Very nice. Personally I like the blue background and text, but the logo
from the brown version.

Tks, Lauren


On 14 June 2012 12:18, Simon Cross <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org>wrote:

> Greetings
>
> Andrew Caldwell from Unomena has produced two variations on a design
> for the PyCON ZA website front page. I quite like the designs but I'd
> like to get feedback from anyone else with opinions (preferably
> today).
>
> Images of the design attached (assuming the mailing list didn't eat them).
>
> Schiavo
> Simon
>
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
>
>


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From drnlmuller at gmail.com  Thu Jun 14 12:34:28 2012
From: drnlmuller at gmail.com (Neil Muller)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:34:28 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA splash page design
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPzz3hYcwMroiw8A771kWWtVV9m9n=AYqOt27Qiow0+EzqR8aw@mail.gmail.com>

On 14 June 2012 12:18, Simon Cross <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> Greetings
>
> Andrew Caldwell from Unomena has produced two variations on a design
> for the PyCON ZA website front page. I quite like the designs but I'd
> like to get feedback from anyone else with opinions (preferably
> today).

Designs look good to me.

I'm not completely sold on the light blue on brown colour scheme, or
the dripping 2012 in that design. I do like the Africa 0 in the logo,
though - that looks neat.

-- 
Neil Muller
drnlmuller at gmail.com

I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool?

From wendy at speakerscorner.co.za  Thu Jun 14 14:34:09 2012
From: wendy at speakerscorner.co.za (Wendy Griffiths)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:34:09 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA splash page design
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABYd1ULRsbsgkF0PR6XAuXPoKn7C7s63nan0uKyraqGPargC4g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Simon

I love the Africa in the 0
Dont like the drips
Not wild about the brown

Hope that helps a little

Kind Regards


Wendy Griffiths  I  Executive Producer I  Speakers Corner  I  +27 11 327
1540  I  +27 823775913  I www.speakerscorner.co.za  I skype: princesswendilz







On 14 June 2012 12:18, Simon Cross <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org>wrote:

> Greetings
>
> Andrew Caldwell from Unomena has produced two variations on a design
> for the PyCON ZA website front page. I quite like the designs but I'd
> like to get feedback from anyone else with opinions (preferably
> today).
>
> Images of the design attached (assuming the mailing list didn't eat them).
>
> Schiavo
> Simon
>
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
>
>
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From jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com  Thu Jun 14 12:59:32 2012
From: jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com (Jonathan Endersby)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:59:32 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA splash page design
In-Reply-To: <CAECFDnPGV5ejF29GgG24yr8Lh2WkVikS4uKBZgTP+S8v0xsZkQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <89265D932A7F41BEBFD562EC86F91022@praekeltconsulting.com>

Hi

I like the brown one with the brown logo. I think overall it's really good. Congtrats to Andrew.

Why is the stuff dripping? Is it cold? condensation in the clouds? Is Africa leaking?  (ie. I'd remove the drip)

J.  


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On Thursday 14 June 2012 at 12:34 PM, Lauren Kotz? wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> Very nice. Personally I like the blue background and text, but the logo from the brown version.
>  
> Tks, Lauren
>  
>  
> On 14 June 2012 12:18, Simon Cross <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (mailto:simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org)> wrote:
> > Greetings
> >  
> > Andrew Caldwell from Unomena has produced two variations on a design
> > for the PyCON ZA website front page. I quite like the designs but I'd
> > like to get feedback from anyone else with opinions (preferably
> > today).
> >  
> > Images of the design attached (assuming the mailing list didn't eat them).
> >  
> > Schiavo
> > Simon
> >  
> > _______________________________________________
> > PyCon-ZA mailing list
> > PyCon-ZA at python.org (mailto:PyCon-ZA at python.org)
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
> >  
>  
>  
>  
> --  
> LAUREN KOTZE | Programme Manager: Southern Africa  
> PRAEKELTFOUNDATION.ORG | PRAEKELT.COM
> M: +27 76 738 4103  | S: lauren.kotze3 | Tw: lauren_kotze
>  
> _______________________________________________
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From donovan at platform7.com  Thu Jun 14 22:10:54 2012
From: donovan at platform7.com (Donovan Graham)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:10:54 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA splash page design
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh7OGNGr4tsaHNs3C1NCFq0vob8H8RM-xTFEAV+1JSNBOA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4FDA454E.6020909@platform7.com>

Hi

I think its great, well done Andrew.

My votes are:
+1 to Africa in 2012 logo
+1 to Blue and Yellow (cause its the same color as the Python logo)

Additional comments:
* Maybe darken or lighten the background a little to make the text stand 
up more and seem to fade out.
* Punch all the font-size's up a notch, to make it easy to read at a glance.



Kind Regards
Donovan Graham

donovan at platform7.com
+27.82.7804636
+27.21.5522338


On 14/06/2012 12:18 PM, Simon Cross wrote:
> Greetings
>
> Andrew Caldwell from Unomena has produced two variations on a design
> for the PyCON ZA website front page. I quite like the designs but I'd
> like to get feedback from anyone else with opinions (preferably
> today).
>
> Images of the design attached (assuming the mailing list didn't eat them).
>
> Schiavo
> Simon
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
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From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun 15 09:46:14 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:46:14 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Revised design from Andrew
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

I received a revised design from Andrew this morning (see attached).

Any last thoughts?

Schiavo
Simon
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From graemeglass at gmail.com  Fri Jun 15 09:53:25 2012
From: graemeglass at gmail.com (Graeme Glass)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:53:25 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Revised design from Andrew
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABf-jURrX2uwwbwYwhK4MGbyTESPTz228cQycAkWOXr9wqar=g@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Simon Cross
<simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I received a revised design from Andrew this morning (see attached).
>
> Any last thoughts?
>
> Schiavo
> Simon

Only small thing I don't like is the 'Speaker' Icon (it's the tongue),
but I don't dislike it enough to suggest a change.
Other than that, I am a fan.

+1

From jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com  Fri Jun 15 09:52:46 2012
From: jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com (Jonathan Endersby)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:52:46 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Revised design from Andrew
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <86550DCCFED44266AAA3307ABAEA7704@praekeltconsulting.com>

Looks good.

Something I just spotted, "It is aimed at everyone?" is a bit clunky, why not just go with "Aimed at everyone in?"

Cheers,
J.


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Senior Strategist - Praekelt Consulting
web: www.praekelt.com
skype: thejonathanendersby
voice: +27 82 414 3129


On Friday 15 June 2012 at 9:46 AM, Simon Cross wrote:

> Greetings
>  
> I received a revised design from Andrew this morning (see attached).
>  
> Any last thoughts?
>  
> Schiavo
> Simon
>  
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org (mailto:PyCon-ZA at python.org)
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
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>  
>  
>  
> Attachments:  
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From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun 15 12:02:01 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:02:01 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Revised design from Andrew
In-Reply-To: <86550DCCFED44266AAA3307ABAEA7704@praekeltconsulting.com>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Jonathan Endersby
<jonathan.endersby at praekeltconsulting.com> wrote:
> Something I just spotted, "It is aimed at everyone?" is a bit clunky, why
> not just go with "Aimed at everyone in?"

That sentence is phrased a bit oddly but I'm not sure just dropping
the "It is" helps. What about "A conference for everyone in..."?

From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun 15 16:49:18 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:49:18 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Revised design from Andrew
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh5dv6rEjr+APr921qJuCvSZf1_HLrWWzfZuP_Cp1ZT0gw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Simon Cross
<simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> I received a revised design from Andrew this morning (see attached).
>
> Any last thoughts?

I've fed everyone's comments back to Andrew and received a final
version. Site construction is now officially under way!

Schiavo
Simon

From simon at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun 15 21:50:42 2012
From: simon at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon de Haan)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:50:42 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Revised design from Andrew
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh5dv6rEjr+APr921qJuCvSZf1_HLrWWzfZuP_Cp1ZT0gw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh4dC5zejmyTf+uiU5kSyVn1ko+ev3SyjcmDZp=c67U76Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAN67Rcmb+w+irSH0L3y+CgdCFtGsRgaa1mJFROczViFhHWugMw@mail.gmail.com>

Wow, very nice.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Simon Cross <
simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Simon Cross
> <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> > I received a revised design from Andrew this morning (see attached).
> >
> > Any last thoughts?
>
> I've fed everyone's comments back to Andrew and received a final
> version. Site construction is now officially under way!
>
> Schiavo
> Simon
> _______________________________________________
> PyCon-ZA mailing list
> PyCon-ZA at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
>



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From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Mon Jun 18 11:32:29 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:32:29 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] PyConZA Design Discussion
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Message-ID: <CAJFgqh6vgKTkQ3NnySDoVze1UV6geswyi=OfKS_XA7NMoGSFbg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Jonathan McKay
<jonathan.mckay at praekelt.com> wrote:
> Simon, can you chat with Sam and/or Gustav and confirm what info we want to
> capture from potential speakers and who that notification should go to?

The answer to this depends a bit on what direction Ruan and Euan are
taking initially. If the plan is to get something really minimal up
first (i.e. just a form which captures somethings and emails them to
someone) then we need a very short speaker's biography.

The PyCon US site captures: name, email address, one paragraph
biography, photo and twitter username. For extra cool points we can
probably add GitHub and Bitbucket account names.

>From that we could probably drop the photo -- the rest is easy enough to keep.

Eventually though we need a simple system for managing speakers and
their talks and perhaps allowing reviewers to give feedback.

The PyCon US talk descriptions contain: title, kind (tutorial or
talk), subject area, audience level, duration (probably not relevant
for us because the current plan is to have standard length talks --
we'll need to sort out what that length is though), short description
(publicized if talk accepted), abstract (detailed description, used by
reviewers to evaluate talk, publicized if talk accepted), additional
notes (anything else you like to alert the conferences organizers or
reviewers about).

If we're just doing an email form at first, I guess speaker
information could be emailed to me -- that should be a manageable
volume. Suggestions with fewer single-points-of-failure welcomed
though.

> Same for the 'register your interest' - this is assuming, of course, that
> you're managing this????

For 'register your interest' we just need a way to ping the person
once there is an actual way to register. So I guess a name and email
address.

Something we need to consider for both speakers and attendees is the
possibility of offering financial assistance. That's heavily budget
dependent though. Maybe just a "I'd like to apply for financial
assistance" flag would be sufficient?

Schiavo
Simon

From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun 22 16:55:20 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:55:20 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Recent PyCon ZA activity
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh5FEieOqC_rL4qUvHnvLgJdgJ=-OJ2FHuxLNRmQob71-w@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

Wendy from Speakers Corner has been hard at work canvassing venues and
drawing up a budget for us. Lauren, Sam and I looked at The (BMW)
Pavilion this afternoon. It looks like an awesome venue for PyCon and
hopefully we'll get a concrete budget and a yes or a no from Gustav
over the weekend or early next week.

I also want to make everyone aware that some of the plans are being
changed to fit the venue and budget requirements. It's nothing too
drastic -- I just don't want anyone to be taken by surprise if what we
present to the list early next week isn't exactly what's in the
planning document. I'd liked to have included more people in the
discussions but given now quickly we're trying to get this off the
ground, it's not really possible.

I've drafted a letter to send to sponsors and we'll also be drafting a
letter to send to potential big-name speakers. Expect a flurry of
activity on these fronts early next week. Contacting sponsors and
speakers is something that people on the list can potentially really
help with -- if there's a company or speaker you can help us get hold
of -- please shout.

Speaking of speakers, obviously budget for flying international
speakers here is going to be fairly limited, so we need some sort of
decision making process that will allow us to okay this sort of
expenditure. I think a small sub-committee (say three people) is
sensible way to do this?

Euan and Ruan: Could you given us an update on how the website is
doing? I know you don't have all the final information yet but I'd
like to get your thoughts on how soon after giving you a date and
venue the site can go live and whether there's anything else blocking
you?

Schiavo
Simon

From euan at unomena.com  Fri Jun 22 17:08:33 2012
From: euan at unomena.com (Euan Jonker)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:08:33 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Recent PyCon ZA activity
In-Reply-To: <CAJFgqh5FEieOqC_rL4qUvHnvLgJdgJ=-OJ2FHuxLNRmQob71-w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJFgqh5FEieOqC_rL4qUvHnvLgJdgJ=-OJ2FHuxLNRmQob71-w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAANoumdj8WypCS_GJTcXtbeD1xeG+G2KkDTxppurrBhGqzQ9=g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Simon,

We should be ready some time next week with the initial version of the site.
That would be where people can show their interest in either attending or
speaking.

Cheers,
Euan.

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Simon Cross <
simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:

> Greetings
>
> Wendy from Speakers Corner has been hard at work canvassing venues and
> drawing up a budget for us. Lauren, Sam and I looked at The (BMW)
> Pavilion this afternoon. It looks like an awesome venue for PyCon and
> hopefully we'll get a concrete budget and a yes or a no from Gustav
> over the weekend or early next week.
>
> I also want to make everyone aware that some of the plans are being
> changed to fit the venue and budget requirements. It's nothing too
> drastic -- I just don't want anyone to be taken by surprise if what we
> present to the list early next week isn't exactly what's in the
> planning document. I'd liked to have included more people in the
> discussions but given now quickly we're trying to get this off the
> ground, it's not really possible.
>
> I've drafted a letter to send to sponsors and we'll also be drafting a
> letter to send to potential big-name speakers. Expect a flurry of
> activity on these fronts early next week. Contacting sponsors and
> speakers is something that people on the list can potentially really
> help with -- if there's a company or speaker you can help us get hold
> of -- please shout.
>
> Speaking of speakers, obviously budget for flying international
> speakers here is going to be fairly limited, so we need some sort of
> decision making process that will allow us to okay this sort of
> expenditure. I think a small sub-committee (say three people) is
> sensible way to do this?
>
> Euan and Ruan: Could you given us an update on how the website is
> doing? I know you don't have all the final information yet but I'd
> like to get your thoughts on how soon after giving you a date and
> venue the site can go live and whether there's anything else blocking
> you?
>
> Schiavo
> Simon
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*Euan Jonker*

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From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Fri Jun 22 17:09:50 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:09:50 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] Recent PyCon ZA activity
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Euan Jonker <euan at unomena.com> wrote:
> We should be ready some time next week with the initial version of the site.
> That would be where people can show their interest in either attending or
> speaking.

Great. Thanks.

From simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org  Sat Jun 30 10:25:27 2012
From: simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org (Simon Cross)
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:25:27 +0200
Subject: [pycon-za] QA site up!
Message-ID: <CAJFgqh6OryTbwzESrxOYuf-X2RrDxwLBL_skskJ2PSUMrDCtEQ@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

Euan from Unomena mailed me to say the QA site is up --
http://pycon.qa.unomena.net.

Let us know what you think.

Euan's given me access to the repo so I can deploy to the za.pycon.org
site once we're ready.

Schiavo
Simon